Centre Academy East AngliaHillside Special School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Centre Academy East Anglia and Hillside Special School.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Hillside Special School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Centre Academy East Anglia versus Hillside Special School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure IpswichCentre Academy East AngliaSudburyHillside Special SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: Strong
School typeOther independent special school Community special school
Age range7-19 4-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll103 89
Capacity120 94
LocationIpswich, IP7 7QR Sudbury, CO10 1NN
GCSE results
Attainment 810.7 Not reported46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths7.7% Not reported45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths15.4% Not reported64.8%
Entering EBacc0.0% Not reported40.5%
EBacc average point score1.11 Not reported4.09
Cohort26 4
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported0.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported0.0% 8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census83 86
Free school meals (ever 6)0.0% 45.2%
English as an additional languageNot reported5.8%
SEN support0.0% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absenceNot reported10.9% 6.2%
Persistent absenceNot reported26.3% 15.8%

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Hillside Special School

Full profiles: Centre Academy East Anglia · Hillside Special School